Shalini,

Speaking for myself only...

Feel free to add anything you'd like to this thread!

Again, speaking only personally: I think it may be difficult to get a sense of Indian songs through this medium, and to really study them one must work in India or, minimally, join up and post on an India-centered message board. I know Hindi-Urdu and Punjabi, and can figure out some of the other North Indian languages, but still it can be frustrating trying to read them in the haphazard message-board spellings (with no aural reference), and even harder to get a sense of the melodies. --which is I why I thing the strengths of this particular forum lie in the "international" sea music area. However, that being said, all info (or links to sources of info, like books and recordings) is great for comparison, getting the big picture, and people's potential present and future interests in this subject as anyone in the world might drop in on this.

I'd love to hear what you've got. Fire away! goli chalao!

Gibb